EWN Weather Watch: SA set for sunny weekend, although some rain likely in KZN

It seems the storms are over for now as the South African Weather Services predicted warm and sunny conditions for the weekend around most parts of the country. JOHANNESBURG – It seems the storms are over as the South African Weather Services predicted warm and sunny conditions for the weekend around many parts of the […]

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Atlantis community living in fear as deadly gang violence continues

In the latest shooting earlier this week, a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Extension 12. CAPE TOWN – An Atlantis based NGO said residents are living in fear as deadly gang violence continues to plague the community. In the latest shooting earlier this week, a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Extension […]

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Faith Action to End Gender-Based Violence launches 70 Days Campaign

During the campaign, the member organisations will embark on practical efforts to fight what the president has referred to as a ‘second pandemic’. A police vehicle is covered with placards during an anti-gender-based violence protest in front of Parliament in Cape Town on 29 August 2020. Picture: Courtney Savage CAPE TOWN – About 40 faith-based […]

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SA man accused of murdering ex-girlfriend to be extradited from Brazil

Geraard Jansen Van Vuuren was charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend following a failed suicide attempt at the crime scene. Picture: SAPS Facebook page. CAPE TOWN – A man who absconded from South Africa to avoid standing trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend is due to be extradited to South Africa on Friday. […]

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Firefighters extinguish Joburg CBD building fire

EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said the blaze appeared to have started in a cellphone shop on the ground floor of a residential property. A building at the intersection of Jeppe and Eloff street caught fire in the Joburg CBD on 9 October 2020. Picture: @CityofJoburgEMS/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – Firefighters have managed to put out a fire […]

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Carl Niehaus: Raymond Zondo has been unfair to Jacob Zuma

The Gauteng RET Jacob Zuma forces have been marching in the Johannesburg CBD to deliver their list of demands to both Raymond Zondo and Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the Constitutional Court. Supporters of former President Jacob Zuma gathered for a protest on 9 October 2020 at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, led by […]

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GALLERY: Zuma supporters demand Deputy Chief Justice Zondo step down

GALLERY: Zuma supporters demand Deputy Chief Justice Zondo step down Xanderleigh Dookey | Supporters of former President Jacob Zuma gathered for a protest on 9 October 2020 at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, led by Carl Niehaus, spokesperson of the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association. They marched to the Constitutional Court, demanding Deputy Chief Justice […]

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Gauteng Education dept clamps down on illegal schools in Ivory Park

MEC Panyaza Lesufi led a team in Ivory Park with the police on Thursday to root out the mushrooming of makeshift schools in the area. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi inspected and closed two illegal schools in Ivory Park on 8 October 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN IVORY PARK – The Gauteng Education Department is clamping […]

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Camps Bay mansion occupiers vacate today, but another group plans to take over

The group of seven, called We See You, unlawfully occupied the luxury house in September to highlight the lack of safe and dignified spaces for queer persons, women, children and other marginalised people of colour. The group of queer artivists who have been occupying a mansion in Camps Bay handed over the keys to the […]

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